Winery TooverbergContour Merlot
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The Contour Merlot of the Winery Tooverberg is in the top 0 of wines of Western Cape.
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Discover the grape variety: Oseleta
A very old grape variety grown in Italy that almost disappeared because it is a small producer. In France, it is almost unknown. Oseleta is said to be related to corvina, rondinella, garganega, etc. It should not be confused, on the one hand, with the table grape osella - an interspecific cross of German origin - and, on the other hand, with osel(l)a another Italian wine grape variety.
Informations about the Winery Tooverberg
The Winery Tooverberg is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 9 wines for sale in the of Western Cape to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Western Cape
The Western Cape is home to the vast majority of the South African wine industry, and the country's two most famous wine regions, Stellenbosch and Paarl. The city of Cape Town serves as the epicenter of the Cape Winelands, a mountainous, biologically diverse area in the south-western corner of the African continent. A wide variety of wines are produced here. Wines from the Shiraz and Pinotage">Pinotage grape varieties can be fresh and juicy or Full-bodied and gutsy.
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